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United Nations Development Programme

United Nations Development Programme. UNDP Procedures for Climate Change Enabling Activities UNFCCC Workshop on the Preparation of National Communications from non-Annex I Parties Manila, 26-30 April 2004. Content GEF Operational Procedures

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United Nations Development Programme

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  1. United Nations Development Programme UNDP Procedures for Climate Change Enabling ActivitiesUNFCCC Workshop on the Preparation of National Communications from non-Annex I PartiesManila, 26-30 April 2004

  2. Content • GEF Operational Procedures • UNDP procedures for climate change enabling activities • Status of requests of self-assessment • UNDP experience on processing requests

  3. GEF Operational Procedures • New procedures based on experience from support provided for INC • Facilitate broader stakeholder consultations and participation in project proposal • Build on previous work, activities, and knowledge, capturing best practices and develop linkages with other relevant projects Immediate support of up to $15,000 for the preparatory exercise of NC project proposal

  4. GEF Operational Procedures • Countries to have submitted INC and substantially completed top-up before SNC can begin • Self-assessment required; brief report to be included in NC proposal • NC proposal requires endorsement from GEF OFP and UNFCCC NFP • SNC and NAPA in parallel is possible • Countries to submit final draft NC and technical reports to IAs

  5. Self-assessment: Stocktaking and stakeholders consultation • $15,000 available from GEF • Consists of: • National stock-taking exercise • Stakeholder consultations • Output: • project document • workplan with indicators • Must include as annex to NC proposal • Endorsed by GEF OFP

  6. Climate Change Enabling Activity • Up to $420,000* (under expedited route) • Endorsed by GEF OFP and UNFCCC NFP • Consists of: • Project proposal • Workplan with indicators • Inception workshop to refine workplan, terms of reference of studies, implementation arrangements • Recommended $ allocations among main components of NC • Outputs: • National Communication • Technical reports * Of which $15,000 for self-assessment

  7. UNDP Procedures • UNDP country office is the main focal point between national government and UNDP-GEF • GEF Operational Focal Point submits a letter of request for the self-assessment to UNDP accompanied by a brief funding proposal • Templates available for request letter and self-assessment proposal

  8. UNDP Procedures • UNDP country office works with the GEF Regional Coordination Unit and HQ to review the proposal • Country to receive recommendations for changes, if needed. Otherwise the proposal is approved • If changes are needed, UNDP-GEF provides recommendations. UNDP country office works with the government to submit a revised proposal

  9. UNDP Procedures • Upon approval of the proposal, authorization (DOA) is issued to UNDP country office to establish a new project and disburse the $15,000 • Total UNDP processing time for the $15,000 request: 15 working days maximum (from first submission by national GEF Operational Focal Point to issuing of the DOA

  10. Key Documents for Project Proposals • New GEF Operational Procedures • UNDP templates and guidance for stocktaking exercise/stakeholder consultation and project proposal • Revised UNFCCC Guidelines adopted at COP-8 • UNFCCC User Manual for the above guidelines Website: http://www.undp.org/cc/ccea.htm

  11. Status of self-assessment proposals • Eastern Europe and CIS: 9 submitted, 8 approved • Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Macedonia, Tajikistan • Latin American and Caribbean: 6 submitted, 5 approved • Bahamas, Bolivia, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Trinidad & Tobago • Asia Pacific: 3 submitted and approved • Philippines, Samoa, Cook Islands • Africa: 3 submitted, 1 approved • Benin, Niger, Nigeria

  12. UNDP experience with self-assessment proposals • Proposals have followed templates provided by UNDP • Quality of first drafts have been acceptable in most cases, with minor changes needed • Examples provided have proved to be useful • Review process and completion of revised proposals have in most cases met stipulated deadlines • Delays in funding disbursement were due to unexpected delay in CEO endorsement of umbrella project

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